Great Adventures: Raiders Of The Lost Ark and Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade

On New Year’s Day 2013, three generations of my family walked into an exhibit at a kids’ science museum called “Indiana Jones And The Continue reading
On New Year’s Day 2013, three generations of my family walked into an exhibit at a kids’ science museum called “Indiana Jones And The Continue reading
If you want to introduce kids to musicals, here’s a classic that quite possibly anyone can love, even those who claim they don’t like musicals. Continue reading
I expected my daughter to love “THE KING AND I.” She’s taken three years of ballet, she sang glee and did drama in the after Continue reading
Yes, the Wicked Witch is scary. Ditto for her Flying Monkeys. And there may be some nightmares after kids see this film. Let them see Continue reading
Our eight-year-old son’s middle name, Rick, was bestowed on him in honor of my dad, a grandfather he’ll never know. Over the years Continue reading
In the pantheon of baseball movies, there are many far better known than THE SANDLOT. FIELD OF DREAMS, A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, THE NATURAL, Continue reading
Back in the 1930s, a sub-genre of American romantic comedy emerged that has come to be known as Screwball Comedy. Screwball comedies usually involve Continue reading
About the time my children learned the word “hilarious,” they saw a movie that made them truly understand its meaning. I’d plucked it from the Continue reading
My boy/girl twins were only six when I showed them their first genuine classic made during Hollywood’s golden age, but if their many requests for Continue reading
THE SOUND OF MUSIC, 1965’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, is a movie pretty much anyone with a pulse enjoys. Put it on and even Continue reading
I cannot escape the animated family movie. I’m a parent of two elementary school-age kids, boy/girl twins who live in media-opolis Los Angeles. Movie-goers since Continue reading
DO OTHER SUCCESSFUL ANIMATED FAMILY COMEDIES USE THESE ELEMENTS? DESPICABLE ME delivers satisfying family entertainment because so many of its script’s elements work so well. Continue reading